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History of life on earth

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  • Q1
    the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock
    fossil
    30s
  • Q2
    any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects
    relative dating
    30s
  • Q3
    any method of measuring the age of an object or event in years
    absolute dating
    30s
  • Q4
    the standard method used to divide the Earth's long natural history into manageable parts
    geologic time scale
    30s
  • Q5
    describes a species that has died out completely
    extinct
    30s
  • Q6
    the theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape
    plate tectonics
    30s
  • Q7
    the period in the geologic time scale from the formation of the Earth to the beginning of the Paleozoic era, from about 4.6 billion to 542 million years ago
    Precambrian time
    30s
  • Q8
    the geologic era that followed Precambrian time and that lasted from 542 million to 251 million years ago
    Paleozoic era
    30s
  • Q9
    the geologic era that lasted from 251 million to 65.5 million years ago; also called the Age of Reptiles
    Mesozoic era
    30s
  • Q10
    the most recent geologic era, beginning 65 million years ago; also called the Age of Mammals
    Cenozoic era
    30s
  • Q11
    the type of mammal characterized by opposable thumbs and binocular vision
    primate
    30s
  • Q12
    a type of primate characterized by bipedalism, relatively long lower limbs, and lack of tail
    hominid
    30s
  • Q13
    the species of hominids that includes modern humans and their closest ancestors and that first appeared about 100,000 to 160,000 years ago
    Homo sapiens
    30s

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